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To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.

Anthony Burgess

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Anthony Burgess
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 25
Died: 1993
Died: November 22
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Manchester
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John Anthony Burgess Wilson
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